The artists we’re highlighting this week have various practices, starting from the earthy, unglazed ceramics of Stanley Rosen to the complicated, multicolored tapestries of Kenny Nguyen to the embroidered textile-photographs of Spandita Malik, however all share a want to specific private preoccupations, personalities, and considerations via their artwork. Together with these spectacular solo exhibits, a gaggle present at Scandinavia Home is a superb exploration of Nordic artwork traditions by artists from the Higher Midwest. And NYU’s MFA college students make a strong displaying with works specializing in the physique. —Natalie Haddad, Critiques Editor
The New York College MFA Class of 2025 Thesis Present: Half 2
80 WSE, 80 Washington Sq. East, Greenwich Village, ManhattanThrough Could 24
Lizzy Choi, “Ctenophora” (2025) (photograph Daniel Larkin/Hyperallergic)
“[The exhibition is] about coming up with novel ways to think about the bodies we inhabit, the stresses they carry, and what they can and can’t perceive.” —Daniel Larkin
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Kenny Nguyen: Mom Tongue
Sundaram Tagore Gallery, 542 West twenty sixth Avenue, Chelsea, ManhattanThrough Could 31
Kenny Nguyen, “Undecided Title” (2025), hand-cut silk material, acrylic paint, canvas, mounted on wall (photograph Lisa Yin Zhang/Hyperallergic)
“Kenny Nguyen’s undulating tapestries feel like a miracle, offering a truly new visual experience through the most analog of means.” —Lisa Yin Zhang
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Stanley Rosen: Alligators & Objects
Steven Harvey Tremendous Artwork Initiatives, 208 Forsyth Avenue, Decrease East Aspect, ManhattanThrough Could 31
Stanley Rosen, “untitled” (Nineteen Nineties), stoneware (picture courtesy Steven Harvey Tremendous Artwork Initiatives, photograph Peter Crabtree)
“While the history of ceramics is filled with perfectly modeled, symmetrical pots with flawless surfaces and glazes, Rosen knew that any ideal is ultimately impossible.” —John Yau
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Spandita Malik: Jālī–Meshes of Resistance
Robert Mann Gallery, 508 West twenty sixth Avenue, Chelsea, ManhattanThrough June 28
Spandita Malik, “Heena” (2025), distinctive photographic switch print on khadi material, zardozi (photograph Lakshmi Rivera Amin/Hyperallergic)
“Against the grain of a country and world that punishes and denies dignity to survivors, Malik’s show is more than a mere embellishment or reclamation.” —Lakshmi Rivera Amin
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Nordic Echoes – Custom in Modern Artwork
Scandinavia Home, 58 Park Avenue, ManhattanThrough August 2
Robin Baird Carlson, “Skinnfell, or Skin Blanket” (undated), buffalo cover, wool tapestry (photograph Mána Taylor/Hyperallergic)
“These contemporary interpretations offer a way for artists to acknowledge their roots while building new forms, and each work opens up portals into other lineages.” —Mána Taylor
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